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Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI)Operational Readiness Review (ORR)
PI: Phil Hinz, UA
PS: Rafael Millan-Gabet, NExScI
April 2015
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Agenda
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Start Duration End Topic Who8:00 AM 0:10 8:10 AM Welcome and Introductions Buell Januzi, Director,
Steward Observatory8:10 AM 0:10 8:20 AM Review Board Charter & Success Criteria Muthu Jeganathan,
PM @ JPL8:20 AM 0:20 8:40 AM LBTI Overview and PLRA Phil Hinz, PI8:40 AM 0:30 9:10 AM Measurement Approach Phil Hinz, PI9:10 AM 0:50 10:00 AM Compliance with PLRA performance requiremens Phil Hinz, PI
10:00 AM 0:15 10:15 AM Break10:15 AM 0:15 10:30 AM LBT Operational Readiness C. Veillet, LBT10:30 AM 0:45 11:15 AM LBTI Operational Readiness Phil Hinz, PI11:15 AM 0:45 12:00 PM Nexsci Operational Readiness Rafael Millan-Gabet12:00 PM 1:00 1:00 PM Lunch1:00 PM 0:30 1:30 PM Documentation Hop Bailey, PM @ UA1:30 PM 0:30 2:00 PM Open issues and action items Hop Bailey, PM @ UA2:00 PM 0:30 2:30 PM Schedule & cost Hop Bailey, PM @ UA2:30 PM 0:30 3:00 PM Questions and answers (reseve)3:00 PM 0:30 3:30 PM Board Caucus Board3:30 PM 0:15 3:45 PM Break3:45 PM 0:15 4:00 PM Board Feedback to Project Board4:00 PM Adjourn
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Charter
• Charter– This ORR evaluates the readiness of the LBTI Project to support HOSTS
observations, and the readiness of LBT, LBTI and NExScI to assume responsibility for HOSTS operations in support of the general astronomy community
• Scope– Compliance with Program Level Requirements Appendix (PLRA) goals
(i.e., derived requirements)– science data management readiness for full science operations– Status of operations plans and procedures– Status of required hardware, software, staffing and facilities– Status of RFAs from past reviews– Risk items and mitigation approaches
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Success Criteria
1. LBTI performance meets PLRA threshold requirements2. LBTI science data management planning and procedures
meet all PLRA requirements3. The necessary interferometer operations plans and procedures are
complete, documented and in place, and under configuration mgmt4. The necessary pipeline processing algorithms, plans and procedures
are complete, documented and in place, and under config. mgmt5. The necessary staffing is in place and training has taken place6. The required actions from previous reviews have been addressed7. Identified risks are acceptable8. UA and NExSci are ready to assume responsibility for LBTI operations
and data delivery & archive
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ORR Success Criteria to enter SVP
1. LBTI performance requirementsa) LBTI demonstrates 12 zodi sensitivity (1 ,s single star measurement, PLRA zodi model)b) Credible plans documented to meet PLRA threshold performance requirements (6 zodi, 0.3
mJy) by end of science validation phase with low-medium riskc) In-guide plan and assumptions for SVP and HOSTS are documented and the science scope
and available nights are consistent
2. LBTI science data management planning and procedures meet all PLRA requirements
3. The necessary interferometer operations plans and procedures are complete, documented and in place, and under configuration mgmt
4. The necessary pipeline processing algorithms, plans and procedures are complete, documented and in place, and under config. mgmt
5. The necessary staffing is in place and training has taken place6. The required actions from previous reviews have been addressed7. Project risks are documented and acceptable8. During SVP, UA is ready to assume responsibility for LBTI operations and data
delivery; and NExSci is ready to assume responsibility for archive
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Board
• TBD (NASA HQ), Program Scientist - Chair• TBD (JPL)• TBD (UA)• TBD (NExScI)
• Ground rules:– Board Chairman calls time on presentations/discussions– Project responds to written Recommendations for Action from Board
• RFA forms available• Audience RFAs accepted through Board member• Project response will either provide closure information, identify future
action plan to close, or indicate taken as an advisory
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Potential board members:• Fred Vescelus (JPL)• Mark Colavita (JPL)• Charley Noecker (JPL)• Steve Macenka (JPL)• George Rieke (UA)• Chas Beichman
(NExScI)• John Monnier (U. Mich -
science)
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LBTI Overview
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LBT Overview
• Include1. Organization, roles and responsibilities2. Project success criteria / science obsjectives3.
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HOSTS Survey
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PLRA Performance Goals
• For full success, the LBTI project shall:– Survey the exozodiacal flux of 50 nearby stars with a 1s noise
equivalent corresponding to 3 times the signal due to the zodiacal dust in our own planetary system (3 zodi) (HOSTS survey)
– Complete the HOSTS survey within 4 years after completion of commissioning (integration and testing [I & T])
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PLRA Instrument Requirements
• The threshold performance requirements to be met by the LBTI instrument shall include:1. Photometric sensitivity (1s ): 0.3 mJy, over bandpass 10-12.5
(standard N’ filter), to be reached during the elementary per-star observing sequence
2. Calibrated null stability (1s) of 1.5x10 -4 (planned null depth 1x10-3),2 to be reached for a full calibration cycle.
• The elementary observing sequence includes measurements to calibrate the background and provide flux normalization, and is expected to last about 30 min with 30% duty cycle, resulting in about 10 min of integration time. A full calibration cycle will typically include three such observing sequences of the target star, bracketed by observing sequences on calibrator stars.
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Data Requirements
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• As needed explaining– Measurement sequence– Calibration– Data products (L0-L2) and algorithms– …
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Photometric Sensitivity
• Measured performance vs requirement– Current metric plot
• What is it• How is it measured• Error bars, repeatability, accuracy
• If Baseline requirements are met, great.• If baseline requirements are not met but threshold requirements
are met, what is the plan to get to baseline requirement• If threshold requirements are not met (but close), why is it ok?
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Photometric Error Budget
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Null Uncertainty
• Measured performance vs requirement– Current metric plot
• What is it• How is it measured• Error bars
• If Baseline requirements are met, great.• If baseline requirements are not met but threshold requirements
are met, what is the plan to get to baseline requirement• If threshold requirements are not met (but close), why is it ok?
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Null Uncertainty Error Budget
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LBTI science output w.r.t Mission Success Criteria
• How does the null uncertainty and photometric sensitivity relate to Mission Success Criteria– Conversion to Zodi levels
• Rafel/Denis/Bertrand’s slides
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HOSTS Survey to date
• As needed
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Plan to Complete HOSTS Survey
• Whats in the baseline: number of nights, stars, etc.
• It is clear we will not meet 50 star requirement with available resources in the baseline
• What additional resources are needed – lien for FY18
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• As needed explaining– Pre-run checkout procedures – Threshold metrics to proceed– …
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• As needed explaining– Pre-run checkout procedures – Threshold metrics (with internal source?) to proceed– …– Operations plans & procedures– Documentation, configuration management, maintenance & sparing– Staffing, training, commands & sequences– Risk management– Problem/Issue reporting and tracking– Have lessons learnt from commissioning runs incorporated into
operations plan– Status of facilities, including software development environments
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• Operations system team readiness, including plans and risk assessment for any outstanding items
• 1. Staffing plans and status• 2. Personnel training status• 3. Interfaces status• 4. Procedures status• 5. Tools status• 6. Software status• 7. Facilities status• 8. Contracts status
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• As needed explaining– Pipeline processing algorithm
– …– Planning tools and schedules, data capture, archiving & curation– Data visualization, data QA, staffing, configuration management, – Interface with UA/LBTI– Pipeline processing with commissioning data– Project management during operations Phase– Issues
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Compliance w requirements
• Have we demonstrated:– Level 0 data to NExScI within 72 hrs of observation– Level 1 data to NExScI within 20 workdays of observation– Level 2 data to NExScI within 40 workdays of observation
– I recommend this be planned for the data from Jan run at some level of automation.
• How is “the quality and integrity of data” determined and assessed
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Archival
• Describe the Web and Program interface– I assume this will be ready by ORR
• What’s the content at the time of the ORR– A table summarizing null sequence observation in db and its data
volume
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Documentation of plans/procedures complete
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Title Version & Owner Status
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Risks
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All Action Items Closed
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Open Issues
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Hosts Survey Schedule
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Cost Profile (FY15-17)
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Liens for FY18 & beyond
• Extra nights to complete survey• Detector upgrade?• Spares?
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Decommissioning Plan
• What happens after FY17/18?– LBTI instrument and associated H/W– Archive at Nexsci?
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